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I have a shell script file in one machine(say jupiter.prashanta.com) which basically runs vlc as user. When I run this file ./runVLC.sh , it runs fine. The content of runVLC.sh is
#!/bin/sh
su user ...

I've got an MKV file that runs perfectly with VLC player on Windows 8.1. I want to play this file on my Xbox One. When I try to play it directly from a server, it can access the MKV fine, but there is ...

The user guide does not cover the default GUI so I thought I'd ask here.
If I stream from an URL it seems quite clear that it has something to do with the buffer, but even when I play media that is ...

I would like to use VLC in order to stream an audio file from a server to several clients over an IP network. Both the server and the clients are running Linux. Here is my try for two clients:
Server ...

I recently wiped my hard disc and reinstalled Windows 8.1
A week or two ago i noticed flash and shockwave didn't work, also vlc, itunes, WMP and other media players dont work.
Sometimes if i restart ...

I am trying to read a streaming (http://150.161.93.174:8080/stream) using ffmpeg
The streaming works perfectly when I try it in VLC.
But in ffmpeg I get an error:
http://150.161.93.174:8080/stream: ...

I am able to stream media using VLC over the LAN thanks to the youtube video "VLC streaming over the rtp protocol". But whenever I try to stream the media to the internet so that I can access it from ...

I am controlling four VLC simultaneously for demo purposes. To achieve that, I use a mix of AutoIt to launch four instances with the F9 key :
C:\VLC\vlc.exe -Idummy --extraintf http --http-port 8080 ...

I am using VLC player as my video and audio player on Ubuntu (14.04).
In playback menu under speed item, I can choose Faster (fine) or Slower (fine) to speed up or down playback. But it changed speed ...

I saw different sites, but they didn't helped me. I want to install VLC on my redhat linux.
Could someone please guide me here, step by step, including how to download and install supporting plugins ...

Very simple question regarding VLC. I researched and found nothing.
I need to "record" a short clip from a DVD while the keeping the subtitles. So I start playing the segment and the subtitles show ...

I've been using VLC to watch DVDs for a while, but many of them have portions in different languages to the main audio-track. For example, there are numerous Spanish-language scenes in Breaking Bad, ...

I know where the total duration is shown, but I just loaded around a thousand tracks into the playlist and its not even trying to load the tracks until they are played. How do I get the total duration ...

For an art project I am looking for a way to continuously view the footage from my webcam with a delay of at least 1 hour.
I am no expert at all, but I thought maybe it would be possible to record a ...

My Internet provider provides us free TV utilizing SAP network protocol. Support for this protocol is integrated into VLC player (playlist -> Network Streams (SAP)). However, I now need to watch this ...

I got a tablet for X-mas (windows 8) and tried to play some video with VLC on it and most won't play mp4 mkv etc, on my laptop the same files will play in VLC, so I assume it to be a codec problem
I ...

I have some videos encoded as H264 in MKV containers. When skipping too much in VLC or Media Player Classic the media players will either crash outright or the whole system will lock up, on occasion a ...

I noticed on this Battlefield Hardline Trailer at 60fps, about half the frames are dropped on my laptop playing it at 1920x1080 60fps. If play it 1280x720 60fps, no frames are dropped. What causes the ...

I am using VLC Media Player V2.1.5 Rincewind. It displays a still from a previous video at the start of opening up a video file and the still remains on audio files. I uninstalled VLC and deleted the ...

Is it possible to have two instances of VLC Media Player, one that plays WAV files exclusively and the other that plays MP3 files exclusively? I have to often listen to some WAV sound effects files to ...

I have been starting an HTTP stream in VLC using the following command,
cvlc http://www.example.com/stream --sout \
#transcode{acodec=vorb,ab=128,access=udp}:http{mux=ogg,dst=:8080}'
Is there a way ...